After a week of demonstrations calling for his departure, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi warned against those who exploit people's conditions to mobilize them, claiming they were subjected to injustice.
Al-Sisi said that no one will be able to create a rift between the people and the state, adding, "What we do is not spoiling because we do not act against our Lord."
He added that the people understand and "bear the cost of what we are doing in terms of reform," blaming the stopping development projects for the January 25, 2011 revolution, saying, "There are projects that have stopped due to the events of 2011 and the instability."
Al-Sisi stated that there are those who take advantage of difficult decisions to question the Egyptians about their system, but he expressed his bet on "understanding and tolerating the people," warning that not making difficult decisions will make the country go through difficult circumstances.
Continuous demonstrations
Al-Sisi's statements coincided with the continuing demonstrations in Egypt for the seventh day in a row, in protest against the deteriorating living conditions and home demolitions.
The governorates of Giza, Minya and Aswan witnessed night demonstrations, in which protesters chanted slogans against President Sisi, and demanded freedom and the provision of a decent life for Egyptians.
A new night demonstration also took place in Ismailia Governorate, eastern Egypt, to protest the deteriorating living conditions and home demolitions, and demanded the departure of Sisi.
The Egyptian businessman, Mohamed Ali, said that Sisi is talking about building Egypt even if that leads to starvation for its people, but now he is displacing Egyptians to build presidential palaces so that he and his family will live in them.
He added that this practice led to the current worsening tensions.
For its part, the Egyptian Constitution Party called on the country's authorities to listen to the people's demands instead of facing the protests with excessive force.
The party demanded the release of those arrested while exercising their right to protest, as well as all those detained in pretrial cases.
In the Italian city of Milan, Egyptian and Arab activists organized a protest in solidarity with the Egyptian movement.
The demonstrators condemned the demolition of homes and mosques, and demanded that the movement continue abroad in support of the demonstrators in Egyptian cities, and demanded the departure of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, the release of political detainees, and the preservation of the course of the Egyptian revolution.